Rice Is Nice
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Dominion Finance Player of the Week – Andrew Rice (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
28 points (10/14 FG, 4/7 3pt, 4/4 FT), 11 rebounds, two assists, a block & a steal v Youthtown Auckland Stars
It is an oddity of this yearís NBL that Rice has already played more than a regular season schedule after transferring mid-season from Century City Wellington Saints.
His 20 games have been a mixed bag, but he can certainly step up when the occasion demands Ö as it did in this crucial rematch of last yearís finalists.
Rice rocked Auckland with 24 first-half points, including a flurry of treys, to set the foundations of victory for the defending champions and virtually eliminating the Stars from title contention.
His performance in the regular seasonís penulitmate round edged out TET Taranaki Mountain Airs forward Link Abrams (20 points/11 rebounds v Rams), Auckland guard Lindsay Tait (26 points, seven assists & five steals v Hawks) and Inspire Net Manawatu Jets import Brandon Payton (36 points v Saints).
Stat Leaders (Round 14)
Points
Brandon Payton (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 36 v Saints
Garry Hill-Thomas (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 31 v Rams
Three players 28
Rebounds
Damon Rampton (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 13 v Rams
Gabe Stephenson (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 12 v Rams
Four players 11
Assists
Luke Martin (U Park It Waikato Pistons) 10 v Rams
Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 8 v Saints
Six players 7
Steals
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 5 v Hawks
Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams) 4 v Airs
Eight players 3
Blocks
Daryl Cartwright (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat) 3 v Saints
Five players 2
FT
Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat) 10 v Stars
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 9 v Heat
Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 9 v Saints
3pt
Brandon Payton (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 6 v Saints
Four players 4
Player Power Rankings
1 (1) *Jason Crowe (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
2 (3) *Josh Pace (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
3 (7) Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
4 (2) Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
5 (4) Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
6 (6) *Michael Joiner (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
7 (5) *Bakari Hendrix (Century City Wellington Saints)
8 (8) Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
9 (9) *Justin Bailey (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
10 (11) Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
11 (10) *Oscar Forman (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
12 (16) *Garry Hill-Thomas (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
13 (12) Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
14 (15) *Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)
15 (13) *Mychal Green (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
16 (14) *Kareem Johnson (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
17 (18) *Branduinn Fullove (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
18 (17) Mika Vukona (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
19 (22) *Kevin Smith (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
20 (21) Luke Martin (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
21 (23) *George Byrd (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
22 (19) *Tim Behrendorff (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
23 (20) Paul Henare (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
24 (24) *Andrew Rice (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
25 (25) Ed Book (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
26 (27) Aaron Nowell (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
27 (31) *Brandon Payton (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
28 (26) Pero Cameron (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
29 (28) Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
30 (32) Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
31 (33) Ben Jeffrey (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
32 (29) Everard Bartlett (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
33 (30) Troy McLean (Century City Wellington Saints)
34 (34) Miles Pearce (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
35 (35) Brent Charleton (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
36 (36) Mike Fitchett (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
37 (38) Darryl Cartwright (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
38 (37) Adrian Majstrovich (Century City Wellington Saints)
39 (42) Ben Hill (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
40 (43) *Gabe Stephenson (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
41 (39) Chris Daniel (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
42 (41) Jarrod Kenny (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
43 (44) Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
44 (40) *Jamil Terrell (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
45 (47) Puke Lenden (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
46 (48) Damon Rampton (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
47 (49) Nat Connell (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
48 (45) Terrence Lewis (Century City Wellington Saints)
49 (46) George Leafa (Century City Wellington Saints)
50 (50) Charlie Piho (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
* Denotes Import
